Month: May, 2010

Pittsburgh Penguins logo in LEGO bricks

11 May, 2010 (20:43) | LEGO© Creations

I was inspired to recreate the Pittsburgh Penguins logo in LEGO bricks on Sunday.     It took about 2.5 hours from start to finish.  I started off with just making the yellow triangle in the back to figure out what scale I would be able to achieve with the pieces I have.  I knew I wanted to make it a […]

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stuck in the moment

11 May, 2010 (11:28) | Dreams

Probably very much to do about the pens loss last night to the montreal canadiens in game 6, I had a dream I was playing in the game.  I was the stand-by goalie, and we were down 3-4 in the second when I was put in to replace Fluery.  I was amazing.  So much so, that I deflected a shot […]

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Hall’s Rules of Social Order # 36

10 May, 2010 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Nurses are crazy.  This rule is more accurately a postulate, because it’s based on me never meeting a sane nurse.  Let the record show this rule had been established and verbalized around the year 2001. Note:  Rule 9 is important to keep in mind when referencing Rule 36.

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The jitney

7 May, 2010 (10:41) | Pittsburgh

When I bought my house in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, my roommate, Jordan, and I noticed that there were always people huddled around this building at the corner of Wylie Ave and Erin Street.  We were unsettled, but also a little curious as to what was really going on there.  Jordan asked my neighbor, […]

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Hall’s Rules of Social Order #202

3 May, 2010 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Unless you’re standing in isolation on top of a mountain somewhere, it is never acceptable to urinate with your hands on your hip with your elbows out.  Not only do you look silly, but that’s just asking for an accident.   CONTROL YOUR FLOW.

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